AH SONG

Description

Biographical informationAh Song (or Ah Thong) worked as a market gardener on Gong Sam's market garden, Perth, in 1888.

In 1891 Ah Song [Thong] was arrested at Gooseberry Hill for attempting to shoot three 'Europeans' who he suspected were stealing oranges. It is likely that Ah Song was a tenant on the lands of Burt and Haynes. The trial was aborted (Nolle prosequi) - perhaps facilitated by the fact that Burt was the Attorney General at the time.

From 1898 to 1902 an "Ah Thong", almost certainly Ah Song, was listed in this same area as a market gardener. The location was given as the "Darling Range Quarries" (Post Office Directories). This is likely to be Stathams Quarry, Gooseberry Hill, on the Zig Zag, where remnant fruit trees have been recorded.Other nameAh Song (differentiated name)Ah Thong (also known as)

Document

AAC-Box-004-Binder-1-0228

AAC-Box-007-6-0359

AAC-Box-007-8-0198

Some South Perth Tenements, 1906

Organisation

Gong Sam's Market Garden, Perth

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Gong Sam's Market Garden, PerthBurt and HaynesSubject (place)PerthGooseberry HillSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkPolice Gazette 1891

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)

UWA Collected

AH SONG

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